Rolling his cigarette between sips of tea, Suleyman Ilcan is excited about a message from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

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Organisers of Syria’s constitutional talks have stated that Kurdish forces will not be included in the process shaping the ...

Organizers of a national conference to chart Syria's political future say it will include all segments of Syrian society ...

Turkey is attempting to form a new coalition to combat ISIS remnants and replace the Pentagon-backed Kurdish forces in Syria.

Days before the new Damascus government’s security forces entered Afrin, a Kurdish-majority Afrin area of the Aleppo ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees the upheaval in neighboring Syria as an opportunity to thwart Kurdish nationalism.

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

Despite ongoing military operations, Turkey has hinted at a new peace process with the Kurds, a move seen by many as an attempt to control and suppress Kurdish political aspirations. Click here for ...

Around 70,000 Kurds have returned to their homes in the city of Afrin, northwest Syria, following the ouster of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December, local council members confirmed earlier this ...

Syria's defense minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail. "The ...